In the battle of front-wheel-drive hot hatches with manual gearboxes, you can't get any closer than the Renault Megane RS 300 Trophy and the Honda Civic Type R. Who wins?
Well here's a rare thing indeed, a drag race featuring too manual cars. So, which one of these stick-shift shifting speed demons can stick it to its rival on the quarter-mile? Only one way to find out.
We stuck our in-house race-ace Ashley Oldfield in the Megane and drift-champ Ernest Page in the Honda mostly because a) Ciro is rubbish at changing gears during a drag race and he was having a nap in the Golf and b) Ernest's mate gave his Honda for the day so we would rather Ernest broke it and not one of us.
Renault Megane RS 300 vs Honda Civic Type R specifications
Renault Megane RS 300 Trophy
Price: R774 900
Engine: 1.8-litre 4-cylinder turbo
Power: 221 kW
Torque: 400 Nm
0-100km/h: 5.7s
Kerb weight: 1346kg
Honda Civic Type R
Price: R771 600
Engine: 2.0-litre 4-cylinder turbo
Power: 228 kW
Torque: 400 Nm
0-100km/h: 5.8s
Kerb weight: 1356kg
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Further Reading
Time-testing the new Porsche 911 Turbo S : Can it beat Porsche's claimed times?
Renault Megane RS 300 Trophy (2020) Review
Honda Civic Type R (2018) Video Review
